Monthly Archives: March 2014

Mental health issues in academia – a challenging piece in The Guardian

Posted on March 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
There is a challenging piece in The Guardian about the culture of acceptance around mental health issues in academia, especially around the expectations of PhD students. Important and worth reading and discussing. For once –…

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A translation of the first lecture of Foucault’s Du gouvernement des vivants

Posted on March 7, 2014 by stuartelden

While looking for the source of a Rosa Luxembourg quote Foucault mentions, I found this translation of the first lecture of Du gouvernement des vivants (January 9th 1980). The publication of the official translation has been delayed until September, so for those with … Continue reading →

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Vibrant Matter & the Political Economy of Life, Thomas Lemke

Posted on March 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on ANTHEM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zCaku4N0SM http://www.thomaslemkeweb.de/biografie-engl.htm

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Interview with Elizabeth Povinelli with Mat Coleman and Kathryn Yusoff

Posted on March 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Very interesting interview with Elizabeth Povinelli at the Society and Space open site.

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Foucault’s 1980-81 course Subjectivité et vérité projected for May 2014 publication

Posted on March 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1980-81 course Subjectivité et vérité is listed for May 2014 publication on Amazon.fr. These dates have been pushed back for several other courses, so take with some caution. It doesn’t yet appear on the Seuil page.

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The Birth of Territory wins the 2013 Association of American Geographers Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography

Posted on March 6, 2014 by stuartelden

I have recently been given the good news that the The Birth of Territory has been awarded the 2013 Association of American Geographers Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography. I’m obviously delighted by the news, but also … Continue reading →

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Territory, Politics, Governance – Vol 2 No 1 published

Posted on March 6, 2014 by stuartelden

New issue of this important new journal published – papers by Michael Keating, Christopher Marc Lilyblad,  John Rennie Short and others.

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Maps of the internet’s undersea cables

Posted on March 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Several maps of the undersea cables that make the connected world possible at CNN.

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Stanford University Press sale

Posted on March 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Lots of bargains to pick up here – $10 hardback and $5 paperback on several books.

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Derrida, The Death Penalty reviewed in LARB

Posted on March 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Derrida’s The Death Penalty Volume I is reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books by Jan Mieszkowski. Thanks to those who sent me the link to this.

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